The Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together

The Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together

Wake up!—Be the process!—Learn the flavours!—Follow the fractals! Chaos and complexity theory offer insights (metaphorical at minimum) into change and emergence (“whole is greater than sum of its parts”).

Wake up!—Be the process!—Learn the flavours!—Follow the fractals! Chaos and complexity theory offer insights (metaphorical at minimum) into change and emergence (“whole is greater than sum of its parts”).

Creativity Crosses Community Boundaries

Creativity Crosses Community Boundaries

From Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light

From Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light

Last weekend, I found myself in Gisborne. I paid a visit to TLC Graduate Todd Sheridan, who was a former student of mine from 2009.

Last weekend, I found myself in Gisborne. I paid a visit to TLC Graduate Todd Sheridan, who was a former student of mine from 2009.

Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion (TLC), New Zealand’s only tertiary school fully dedicated to teaching creativity. He believes that the creative process is transferable from one field, such as art, to another, such as science.

Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion (TLC), New Zealand’s only tertiary school fully dedicated to teaching creativity. He believes that the creative process is transferable from one field, such as art, to another, such as science.

Transferring creativity concepts to areas and activities where they are not traditionally applied requires, among other things, concepts for recognising creative thinking and acting in these areas – a universal aesthetic of creativity.

Transferring creativity concepts to areas and activities where they are not traditionally applied requires, among other things, concepts for recognising creative thinking and acting in these areas – a universal aesthetic of creativity.

The focus of this 20 minute presentation was on one creative element within the workshop – Body Mapping.

Body Maps provide a visually rich picture for people to see themselves and others from a different viewpoint.

The focus of this 20 minute presentation was on one creative element within the workshop – Body Mapping.

Body Maps provide a visually rich picture for people to see themselves and others from a different viewpoint.

Boundaries are something for those living with disability that are constants.

Sometimes it takes a little creativity to find ways to overcome them.

Sometimes it takes a bit of a fight.

Boundaries are something for those living with disability that are constants.

Sometimes it takes a little creativity to find ways to overcome them.

Sometimes it takes a bit of a fight.

Conventional ‘expert’ collaborations recognize only familiar problems and familiar solutions.

Their focus is doing the job right. However, if we hope to design creative solutions, we must conduct our collaborations with a fundamentally different strategy...

Conventional ‘expert’ collaborations recognize only familiar problems and familiar solutions.

Their focus is doing the job right. However, if we hope to design creative solutions, we must conduct our collaborations with a fundamentally different strategy...